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They Declare That They Are the Heirs of the Man Who Built the Mercer ' Reformatory for Women in Torouto, and Whose Money Re- verted to the Province at His Death, HE Mystery of the Mercer 'Millions' * would be an alliterative, though, perhaps, exaggerated, title for a story that may soon engage the attention of the ; | tion, i | stination of the money, . Ontario courts, if the intention of }| certain Scottish claimants is carried out, Some forty years ago there passed IRAP 1n Toronto the well known fig- of Andrew Mercer, a wealthy citizen, and one of the oldest in- bac t . age of Muddy Little k to the of * York." The obituary notices which 1} appeared after bis death stated that he was a native of Sussex, England, where, it was said, he bad been born in 1778. In 1802, according to the same accoupfs, he came to Canada with. his father, with whom he con- tinued to live up to the time of the latter's death in 1824. The story of his career, hitherto accepted, is that be fell heir to a valuable piece of property, two hundred acres in ex- tent, of which his father had obtain- ed a grant from the Government in 1803, and that in the same year he entered the Government service as a clerk. This position, however, he subsequently abandoned to take up business as a general merchant, in which capacity, the chromicles aver, be laid the foundations of an im- mense fortune. Later, he built and ran a distillery at Hog's Hollow, and for some time before his death in 1871 acted as issuer of marriage li- In his day, Andrew Mercer was us one of the wealthiest men in Toronto, and the fact that be walked humbly, and latterly lived more or less in seclusion, taking no {| part in public affairs, no doubt lent color to the stories which gained cur- rency concerning the extent of his fortune. His home was near the south-east corner of Bay and Wel- i {lington streets, and at a time when real estate was not nearly so valuable {| as it is now, it was said that he re- fused an offer of $60,000 Yor it. He {owned other valuable properties throughout the ¢city, was one of the stockholders in 'the old ; | Merchants Bank, and was interested, to a greater or lesser extent, in other i banging and commercial institutions. ef Mercer, a feeble old man of 93, died, there 'was consideralile {| curfosity as to the actual value of his estate, and also as to its disposi- A -wonian, with whom it was said he had lived for some years, en- deavored to establish that she was his wife, but was unsuccessful, and { | then followed a series of litigations to determine the settlement and de- In a num- ber of English and Seottish news- papers there appeared the following advertisement : Chancery Notige--To the heirs at law and next of kin of Andrew Mercer, late of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, gentleman: Pursuant to a decree of the Court of Chancery for Ontario, made in a cause of Mercer against the Attorney- General, all persons claiming to be beirs at law and next of kin of Andrew Mercer, late of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, gentleman, who died at Toronto aforesaid on Or about the 13th day of June, 1871, are, on or before the 26th day of August next, to ¢ome In and estab- lish their claims before the wunder- signed Master in Chancery at his Chambers in Osgoode Hall in the City of Toronto, Canada, or in default they will "be excluded the benefit of the sald decree, ad 13th day of March, A.D. 1 . » J. W. TAYLOR, Andrew Mercer came to the Pro- vince of Ontario, them Upper Can- ada, in the beginning of the present YOURE BILIDUS 7 CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS TONIGHT stay headachy, have bad breath sour stomach. Don't sick, or and Wake up feeling fine! Best lax ative for men, women your head dizzy, your ! ed, breath offensive, the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel you ever experienced. ei "nt in the end it also '| the customer. ie 1, lea a rela- to be ti £ the outs of Ben a native o county of England. sotieitor Tor the os : On demurrer, it was held that the Province of Ontario was entitled to the real estate, and that judg- ment was afirmed on appeal, re- versed by the Court of Canada, and reversed again by the Privy Cannell of England. Efforts to locate next of kin having failed, the Government - of Ontario, acting for the Crown, applied a portion of the estate, amounting to some $90,- 000, toward the erection of a home fer falleh women, known as the Mer- cer Reformatory, and another portion went towards the establishment of an eye and ear infirmary in connec- tos with the Toronto General Hos- tal, Mier hoe history of Andrew r fortune, as it ap- pears in the records of the Province; but pow, mearly half a century after hig 'death, comes the announcement that the right of the Crown, . vested in the Government of Ontario, to the estate, or what is left of it, may be challenged. Several claimants to the money have turned up in Scotland, and are taking steps with the view of establishing their claim. They have placed their case in the hands of 'Mr. John Robertson, a well-known Edin- burgh lawyer, who, as a preliminary step to possible further proceedings, is making identity of Andrew Mercer, and the manner 'im which his estate has been disposed, and the amount, if any, still in chancery, * sex In | "DIRTY SHIRTS." Aip-- Quaint Regimental Nicknames in the British Army, Probably the most curious of regi- mental nicknames in the British Army is that of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, who ape kumown as the "Dirty Shirts." "To the Munsters," says Mr. Thos. O"Tople, in 'The Way They Have in the Army" (John Lane), "this nick- name is &n immortal battle honor, by their tight-fitting tunics, mutineers in their shirt-sleeves, thereby 'slightly soiling' their under- garments." The 7th and 10th Hussars must have had their nicknames bestowed upon them by the ladies, for they are known respectively as the "Saucy Séventh" and the "Don't Dance Tenth." * But the fighting man is ob- viously responsible for the sobriquet of th» old 11th Foot, the Devonshire Regiment, which . is the "Bloody Eleventh." Somewhat pussziing is! the nick- name of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The '"'Fogs" is an abbreviation of their motto, the - Gaelic * "Faugh-a- Ballagh," which means "Clear the way." The West Ridings is also known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and can thus claim the unique dis- The second battalion of the regiment is further distinguished by possessing two sets of colors. The seéond set was presented to them by the old East India Company for distinguish- ed service. The regiment enjoys two nicknames, the "Immortals" --prob- ably 4 reference to the imperishable memories of their deeds--and the "Havercake Lads." According to ' Mr. O'Toole, honor of being the senior line regiment rests upon the Royal West Surrey Regiment, sometimes because of the Paschal Lamb incor- porated In its badge. Kent Regiment, nickname of the 'Resurrectionists,' Buffs as to which was the older regi- ment the latter laid claim to having been on duty at the time of the Re- surrection. | The Scots then declared that they bad been Pontius Pilate's bodyguard," and the two nicknames stuck to these two regiments. "The 'Pompadours' is the unoffi- cial, but greatly cherished, second name of the brave old Essex Regi- "The average 'Tommy' jocularly the munitions, equipment, ete., ex- perts--as the 'Coal-box Corps.' This, however, not because of any comnnec- tion between the corps and the 'coal- box' shells of the Germans, but be- cause the huge coal-scuttles (boxes) issued from the stores of this depart- ment to every barrack-room always bear on their sides the regimental crest of the Army Ordnance Depart- ment---a shield, with three old-time cannon and cannon-balls thereon." The Spirit of Heroes. The dinner given in homor of Mr. Andrew Fisher, the High Commis- wealth, at the offices of the Queens- land Government ih London recently proved a huge success. Lord Kit- chener was present, and, needless to say, his speech was listened to with the greatest interest. He said that he never realized the difficulties the heroes of Gallipoli had to go through And then he went on to tell this spirit of Australia. One day he was ins] g an institution for teaching blind soldiers a trade or occupation. There was a blind Australian there. "I condoled with him," went on Lord Kitchener, "on the bad luck he had ! haa. He aud, 'Well, sir, 1 would 4 6 {throu a It was of worth it.) Well, a spirit like that, gentlemen," continued 1K. of K., "is the spirit of hePoes." | And so say all of us, : -------------- Misrepresentation may sell goods, drives Brotherly love Has been known to of pottage. Self preservition of us"object to Having the legally tagged, ry for it was bestowed om them for the | gallant way in which they fought at | Delbi. Finding themselves hampered | they | threw them off, and waded into the | tinction of having the name of a | great soldier embodied' in its title. | the | English | referred to as the "Mutton Lancers," | "It is the famous Buffs, or Bast | which enjoys the | The story goes that in an argument | between the Royal Scots and the | ment, the double fours, or 44th Foot. | refers to the Army Ordnance Corps-- | sioner for the Australian Common- | until he visited Anzac. A story, which illustrates the fighting | away | Become extinct over less than a mess | 'would make most gossiper London, "March 23.--The French military authorities, 'who have the Canadians, gave public proof of their abpresiation two days ago by decorating a number of cs! and men with the Legion of Honor and Miktary Medal, says Philip Gibbe in the Telegraph to-day, 2 n of honor, with two brass bands and pipers of Cana- dian Scots, were drawn up ina square in an old Flemish town oppo- site a French infantry group, gener- als and staff officers stood in advance of the men and the officers and non- commissioned officers who were to re- ceive the decorations were in a sep- arate place. It was strange that Ca- nadian soldiers should be here to re- ceive the kiss of the French general. He passed along fheir lines with his staff while the bands played the Marseillaise and the general com- manding the Canadian corps, inspect- ed the French troops. Then the tri- color was. brought forward by a guard of honor and with the symbol of the spirit of France, unfurled ia the grey old market place, the French general pinned the Legion of Honor and Military Medal to the breasts of the men marked out for honor and saluted them with that kiss which France herself gives those who defend her soil. Canada will be proud of her soldiers who now wear the ribbons of French chivalry. They have won them by good and brave work on the field of honor, For one of them, Captain George | Tgylor Richardson, of the Second anadian Infantry battalion, | Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of | Honor came too late except as a me- | monial of his gallantry, for he was killed on February 9th. | PRISONERS SHOOT | DEPUTY IN REVOLT. | Break From Moving Van After Leaving Providence Court House. Providence, R.' 1, March 23.-- While thirty-one prisoners were be- ing transported from the Providence { County Court House to the State | prison in Cranston late yesterday, a portion of them overpowered Deputy Sheriff Ralph Tillinghast and Nathan Colvin, took the guns, shot Tilling- bast, probably fatally, anid beat Col- vin into insensibility. Sixteen into groups of two and three. The remaining fifteen, which idecluded a womnian, attended to the wounds of the deputy sheriffs, one of them tele- | phoned to the prison. After Tillinghast had been taken to a nearby house the remaining pris- oners entered the big moving van in which they 'were=being transported and drove to the prison, where they | gave themselves up. ** 'Of the sixteen who fled, five Had been returnd to the prison and five dthers were re- ported captured by suburban police. Of the six still at large two are armed with revolvers taken from the | deputy sheriffs. Thé prisoners had been before the Grand Jury in this city to plead to indictments against them. Owing to the large number, they were put inte a covered moving van, horse drawn. " 'This has heen the ordinary method of transporting prisoners. |FOOD AT GIESSEN REPORTED BETTER. | Canadian Highlanders Oonfin- ed For Refusing To Wear Trousers. London, Mar¢ch 23.--Prisoners in | the German camp of Giessen say their food supply is much better to- day than a few months ago, accord- | ing to a report made by the United | States Embassy to the British Gov- | ernment. Their treatment in the {| camp itself calls for no complaint, | but several spoke of the unsatisfac- tory conditions in the various work- | ing camps. Some voice their objec- | tion to perform allotted tasks on | the ground that assistance was giv- | en thereby ito the enemy. Others said they did not like to accept | wages for their labor, fearing their | pay would be stopped in England. It was explained to them that on | principle they could be compelled to | work or take punishment for 'their | refusal to do 80; but if they objected | to any particular kind of labor oh | conscientious * grounds they should | make their objections known to 'the 1 German officers in command, | der arrest in barracks, together with other prisoners, because he refused | to )wear the trousers furnished him, the rule being that kilts must not | be worn by men at the working camps or when sent forth as fatigue parties, : 1 | | One Canadian Highlander was un- ' i HEALTH AND INOOME. Both Kept Up On Scientific Food. Good, sturdy health helps one a lot to make money. With the loss of health one's income is to shrink, if not entirely dwindle away. When a young lady has to make her own living, good health is her best t. ; " algne in the world," writes a young lady, "dependent on my own efforts for my living. T am a clerk, and through close application to work and a boarding-house diet, -I became nervous, and got so bad off it was almost le for me Ho keep up in the office. : "A friend suggested to me the idea of trying Grape-Nuts food which I did, making a Jorge par of at least two meals a ¥ = admired the splendid gallantry of { the | Ji of | the prisoners then fled, breaking up J A ed "To-day 1 am free from dys 0 and the ills of an re rapepae 4A ats I the re- cold di Zp 3 'HRE 13 x on 1 - AMERICAN PRINTS 1,200 vds. of "Sussex Mill" Prints--25-26 inches, dainty patterns, on white ground regular 9¢ a yard: DAMASK TABLE NAPKINS 50 doz. Bleached Damask Table Napkins, size 221-2 x22 1-2---gpéeial value at $2-a doz. Friday, each : TEA. TOWELS 90 doz. Steacy's Pure Linen Demonstrating Towels -- extra heavy quality--reg. 20¢ each. Friday UNBLEACHED DAMASK 80 vards of Unbleached Table Damask, full 60 inches wide: Friday reg. H0¢ a vard. : o-morrow! Would be a most opportune time to see our wondrous array of New Spring Suits and Coats--may we have the pleasure ? Studio "Our BABY PICTURES, like all portraits that we make, are natural in se, raperty Ughted and beautifully finished. igh clasa equipment and tire- less tact dre the reasons for our remarkable success in baby por- traliture. Come In some morning and let ud-get acquainted with the baby." Phone 1318, 90 PRINCESS ST. Quick, Safe Way ) to Remove Hairs > (Toilet Talks.) Keep a little delatone powder on your. dressing table and when ugly, hairy growths appear, make a paste with a little of the powder and some water, apply and let remain on the hairy surface for 2 or 3 minutes, then rub off, wash the skin and the hairs have vanished, This treat- ment is quite harmless and rarely more than one application is requir- ed, but to avoid disappointment care should be used to buy the real dela- tone. New Dope For Water. Ottawa, March 23.--Ottawa river water without the taste and odor of hypochlorite is the resnlt City Bacte- riologist Race claims for a new pro- cess of using the hypo.he has per- fected. Besides eliminating these ghjectionable features of the chemi- cal, the process reduces. the cost of treatment $2,500 a year, The trouble with some people is that they are not satisfied with their money's worth. " Lucky for Him. Sir Douglas Haig loves a good story, and ome of his favorites has just been related by one of the staff officers home from the Fromt. Sir Douglas has a habit of wandering about the camps at odd times to see that everything is in order, and on do to an unfortunate private who had . disobeyed orders, you, my lad," .C.0,, "that I'm not sure haw to spell 'in- subordination," or else I'd you!" Started as a Child. 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